Profile

"I am a proactive and adaptable project coordinator with strong imagination and a creative mind, with twenty years of international experience in a variety of sectors such as Ministry of Defence, Industrial, Commercial, Housing and also Modular architecture."

"I overcome challenges through a tenacious and questioning approach, drawing on wide-ranging technical expertise. I am also an articulate and diplomatic communicator and an effective team player with strong coaching skills."

""I consistently use the latest digital technology in order to increase efficiency and accuracy along with lateral thinking, 3D tools and hand-drafting in providing solutions both architectural and technical."

Work experience

2018Present

Revit Development Group - advancing the use of Revit and increasing overall efficiency by utilising Dynamo coding and Boolean expressions, "smart" objects both 2D and 3D, parts and assemblies, setting up NBS specs based Revit keynotes, developing library of components, ad hoc modelling and data extraction, setting up a library of details, submitting software and workflow innovations, setting up and using IFC and BCF based coordination and issue management software, introducing general and project specific Project, Shared and Global Parameters, setting up Uniclass 2015 naming convention for project organisation, tutoring junior staff members.

Network Rail Doncaster Development Unit - a 3-storey office development along with a separate storage facility.

20142016

Senior Architectural Technician / BIM & Revit Developer

Alcatel/Lucent - Upstart Facility Development - industrial architecture development - a set of four combined industrial buildings converted into a modern research facility - steel structure mixed with reinforced concrete

De Montfort University - Fletcher Development - £40mln development - a set of four buildings composed of an existing 11-storey concrete tower and up to 6-storey new buildings - concrete and steelwork. Teaching facilities, offices, cafeteria and expo centre.

20112014

Technical Architect / Senior Architectural Technician

Exeter University - a 6-storey student accommodation for over 120 students. In a city centre, based on a previous Travelodge hotel design footprint. Studio apartments, a common room, FM suite, laundry, plant room etc.

Nottingham, One Maiden Lane - a 9-storey student accommodation, comprising of approximately 130 single person studio apartments on a very restricted plot between two existing buildings in the city centre.

Durham University - an old county hospital re-development. The existing hospital building converted into student studios, plus additional 4 buildings containing cluster bedrooms. Altogether for approximately 450 students on a historic site.

Motto

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Objectives

What do I like about architecture?

- It's a lifestyle, not a job

- As a job it is constantly evolving

- A learning curve is indefinite

- Experimentation is expected

- Challenges are a permanent fixture

Also, having worked for multidisciplinary practices, I had the pleasure of getting involved with a variety of projects, from “early stages” through “technical aspects”.

I associate “early stages” with a free flow of extraordinary ideas, brainstorming, finding solutions to unsolvable problems, converting 2-dimensional raw sketches into 3-dimensional solid structures - the aspects of architecture I admire the most. They have given me excellent practical experience in designing and understanding of building process.

“Technical aspects” of architecture on the other hand - organising workload, co-operating with other professionals, pushing modern technology to the limits, solving issues and creating details - these are the parts that have provided me with equally excellent ability to meet specific commission expectations, in terms of time, cost and quality. These are also parts of the job I hugely enjoy.